“Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.” MenCharacterPoliticalEconomyIndustryActivitySkillsPropertyBallots Author:Booker T. Washington
“To be successful in the world of art you must, of course, have talent, although very small talents have gone very far in this age. Just as the microphone gave volume to voices that had none, so does the science of press-agentry magnify limited skills into highly saleable properties.” WorldDoeArtAgeArtistCoursesVoiceGoneSuccessfulTalentSkillsPressesPropertyBeing SuccessfulVolumeMicrophones Book:More in Anger Source: More in Anger
“Light enhances but its shadow deletes, thus giving the picture its depth, its third dimension and its subtractive properties... I believe that commitment and technical skill can be achieved by means of one's own will and study , while fantasy and passion are more valuable because they are innate and inescapably peculiar assets.” GivingBelieveMeanLightPassionI BelieveFantasyStudySkillsShadowCommitmentThirdsPropertyDepthValuableDimensionsAssetsPeculiarInnateTechnical Skills Author:Augusto De Luca
“The young love and cherish people and places from which they receive the skills and the emotional support which enable them to make it in the world or to meet their basic human needs. The same people and places are often the first recipients of the frustration and anger--violence, vandalism, disrespect--of young people who are not making it well in the world. I suspect that this is the reason that personal and school property violence is increasing more rapidly than school burglary and dropout rates.” PeopleWorldNeedsFirstsHumansWellsReasonSchoolYoungSupportViolenceEmotionalSkillsPropertyRateFrustrationSuspectsCherishDisrespectYoung LoveHuman NeedsEmotional SupportDropoutsVandalismBurglaryBasic Human Needs Author:James P. Comer
“We give all we have, lives, property, safety, skill...we fight, we die, for a simple thing. Only that a man can stand up.” MenGivingDiesFightingSimpleSkillsSafetyPropertySimple Things Author:Esther Forbes
“Those who were unlucky in life in spite of their skills would eventually rise. The lucky fool might have benefited from some luck in life; over the longer run he would slowly converge to the state of a less-lucky idiot. Each one would revert to his long-term properties.” LongStatesMightRunningTermFoolLuckySkillsLuckPropertyIdiotLong TermSpiteUnlucky Book:Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets Source: Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets